An international law firm are currently recruiting for an individual to lead their Graduate Recruitment & Development function, involving both firm-wide strategy setting and operationally managing a junior team.

The team work closely together and have input into the entire trainee cycle; everything from campus through to qualification. Your responsibilities will include:

Setting marketing and selection strategies

Overseeing the entire attraction process and providing an excellent experience for all applicants

Facilitating assessment centres

Overseeing vacation schemes and intern placements

Monitoring and setting the recruitment budget

Providing a team of excellent point of contacts for the trainee population during their training contract

Leading on any employee relation issues that arise

Work closely with the L&D team to ensure constant development programmes

The role is autonomous and requires strong nurturing and mentoring skills for the team. You must have previous graduate recruitment experience and existing strong knowledge and experience of the trainee development process. For this role, only candidates with experience of the legal graduate recruitment process will be considered.

SR Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.